COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's men's tennis team won the first six matches against Assumption University en route to a 5-2 victory during Northeast-10 Conference action on Thursday at the SMC Tennis Courts. The Purple Knights were 10th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region Poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-10, 2-2 NE10), Assumption (6-8, 0-4 NE10)

LEADERS

• Senior Jason Boucher (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 2 wins
• Senior Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), 2 wins
• First-year Mathis Billman (Brandon, Miss./South Carolina Connections Academy), 2 wins
• Junior Tristian Du Plessis (Rustenburg, South Africa/Hoërskool Waterkloof/Wallace State CC), 1 win
• Junior Jackson Moser (Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point), 1 win
• Sophomore Sergio Barroso (Madrid, Spain/Colegio Montpellier), 1 win
• First-year Julius van den Broek (Bergschenhoek, The Netherlands/Wolfert Lyceum), 1 win

MATCH FACTS

• Saint Michael's defeated Assumption at home for the first time since April 9, 1995.
• The Purple and Gold won for the fourth time in five outings.
• Weiss registered career wins No. 49 and 50 on Thursday, becoming the 12th Purple Knight to reach 50 and tying for 10th in program history in total victories. He moved into a tie for seventh in doubles wins (25).
• With 63 career wins between singles and doubles, Boucher is two short of John Lescure's '09 program record. Boucher's 19 wins this season are tied for eighth in program annals, and five shy of the school mark he set last school year.
• Boucher and Weiss won their 11th doubles match together over their careers, the third most among any Purple Knight duo in the last 30 years.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's swept the doubles matches to claim a 1-0 lead.
• Barroso and van den Broek opened play by winning the final four games of a 6-1 victory at No. 3 before Boucher and Weiss took four of the final five games to nab a 6-4 win in the second spot, clinching the decision on Weiss' winner.
• At No. 1, Billman and Du Plessis won Du Plessis' final service game to force a tiebreaker, where they fell behind 3-1. However, Du Plessis' service keyed a 4-0 Purple Knight run, with his backhand winner giving the duo a 4-3 lead en route to a 5-3 advantage. The tandem closed out the 7-6 (7-4) victory with Billman at the service line, as the Greyhounds hit consecutive errors to cap the contest.
• Moser began singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph in the second spot before Boucher made it 3-0 by capturing a 6-1, 6-3 decision at No. 3, winning the final six games of the first set and five of the final six in the second.
• Weiss's 50th win came in dramatic fashion, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, at No. 1. He overcame a 4-2 deficit in the opener to force a tiebreaker, where he again trailed 4-2 before winning four straight points to take control. In the second set, Weiss broke his opponent's serve to take a 6-5 lead before capturing the next game to clinch his own victory as well as the team's triumph.
• Barroso played a lengthy match of his own at No. 4, ultimately losing a 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 decision. After winning the first three games of the opening set and losing the next four, he took the final three to snag the lead. He was up 5-4 in the second-set tiebreaker before yielding the final three points, and overcame a 5-2 deficit in the third set to edge within 5-4 before his opponent closed out the match.
• Billman took a 6-2, 6-4 decision in the sixth spot, winning the final five games of the first set and four of the final five in the second set.
• Du Plessis was on the losing end of a 4-6, 6-3, 14-12 contest at No. 5, which included him winning six straight points in the third-set super tiebreaker to overcome an 8-3 deficit to lead 9-8 on his forehand winner. He put down another winner to lead 11-10 before his foe took four of the final five points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Tuesday at Bentley University, 3:30 p.m.